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by donald donaldwhittemore.com

In the early 70s I worked at a place that had 2 S360/40s. On the 23rd floor of a 45+ year old building. At least 8 tape drives, 2 control units for them, 2 full banks of 2314, 2 1403 printers and 2 2540 card machines. I would assume updated wiring would have to have been run up 23 floors. When I started there was 1 S360/30. Don’t know if the normal building wiring would need to be updated for that.

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Re: vintage computing web sites

by donald donaldwhittemore.com

I, for one, have fond memories of the S/360-20, 30 and 40. I ‘grew’ up running and programming those systems. FWIW, I have a punch card archive at www.ibmjunkman.com

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HP9100B CRT

by hupfadekroua

Hi all, Are there any suggestions for the replacement of a HP9100B CRT? Best Andreas

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Computer Data Systems "Versatile 2"

by Bill Degnan

Does anyone have, or has even seen, a Computer Data Systems "Versatile 2" s-100 computer from 1977? The company that produced it was from Newark, Delaware USA and I have been trying to track one down because I live nearby. Thanks Bill

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Seattle Area: The "Interim Computer Festival" is tomorrow ...

by Michael Brutman

We're still waiting for VCF PNW 2020, but while we wait ... https://sdf.org/icf/ (This is a much smaller event than any VCF. It's also quite fun because it's not overwhelming.) -Mike

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FSF

by Murray McCullough

The Free Software Foundation(FSF) is 40 this week. Central to the thesis of sharing software this organization has played and continues to play a seminal role. Though it's importance may be waning due to AI its reason to exist can't be overstated. Happy computing Murray 🙂

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VCF Tech Swap Meet - Oct. 18 - Wall, NJ

by Jeffrey Brace

VCF Tech Swap Meet Oct. 18 in Wall, NJ INFO: https://vcfed.org/vcf-swap-meet/ VENDOR SINGUP: https://forms.gle/LpzDkF97THFNg3qg9 Jeff Brace VCF/MARCH Fundraising Manager Vintage Computer Federation is a 501c3 charity https://vcfed.org/ <http://www.vcfed.org/>

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Esprit Opus 220 serial terminal

by Holm Tiffe

Hi there, at the beginning of the 90ies I've repaired some Esprit Opus220 terminals for an local computer shop. Problem #1 of those seriaal terminals was a bad the Flyback Transformer. The Shop managed to get a bunch of those FBT's new from Taiwan so I could successfully repair approx 10 of those terminals. I'm still own one of them, still in functional condition (orange 12 or 14" CRT).. My stash of goods should still contain two of those Replacement FBT's, but after a move in 2020 I have to locate them.. So far so good. Now the Problem: I have an Grundig CD313 monitor from an CNC EDM Machine on the table, the FBT Grundig 29200-003.05 is bad and I want to repair the monitor for the small company owning that machine. Unfortunaltely they are located some miles away from me.. My hope is to locate the two new FBTs and adapt one of them into the Grundig CD313 Monitor..where I have the schematics for. It where pretty nice if I could get the schematics from one of that Esprit Opus II (220) Terminals to look at the wiring for the FBT ..and that's my problem.. has anyone the scheamtics for those Opus terminals? Regards, Holm -- Technik Service u. Handel Tiffe, www.tsht.de, Holm Tiffe, Goethestrasse 15, 09569 Oederan, USt-Id: DE253710583 info(a)tsht.de Tel +49 37292 709778 Mobil: 0172 8790 741

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Any Interacts out there? 1978, 8080-based system

by Steve Lewis

Checking on if anyone has an old Interact system out there. It wasn't widely successful, but gained some popularity around Ann Arbor, MI. I've not come across one of these yet. But I've come across one of its "Killer Application", a tape-based program called Message Center that lets users construct banner message scripts with a few video/audio effects. Would be interested to see this "for real" rather than just in the MAME emulator. Or also to hear any stories about the system, such as anyone who actually used one, or saw one being used at a storefront? -Steve

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IBM 5110 news - RWS memory replacements

by Steve Lewis

Well, just yesterday I tested a set of RWS (RAM) replacement cards for the IBM 5110 from Patrick Lebbard from Canada - and I'm very impressed. They work well, I had them running for a few hours. Details are described here: https://voidstar.blog/ibm-5110-rws-ram-modern-make-replacements/ or VCF thread https://forum.vcfed.org/index.php?threads/ibm-5110-ram-timings.1253087/ I don't think he plans on becoming a retailer, they've offered up the schematic and such. But he did make these boards for me after I shipped him a set of the base connectors that you need (to adapt them to the 5110's A1 board) that I pulled from a known-broken board. His motivation is that he does have a 5100 also that he's trying to resurrect, so he plans to carry on and make an IBM 5100 version of these modules also (still resolving a few technical differences between them, so it's not working out just yet - but the 5110 version of these I can say seem flawless). Anyway, exciting stuff to see someone technically savvy enough to probe signals and reverse engineer 50+ year old tech! -Steve

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